Moynihan's Appeal From County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeals from the refusal of the county commissioners for Hartford County to grant liquor licenses, taken by the respective applicants to the Superior Court in said county and tried to the court, Thayer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered dismissing the appeal in each case, and appeal by the applicants for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHameksley, J.
The main questions presented by this appeal relate to the appellant’s claim that the Act (Public Acts of 1901, Chap. 183, Rev. 1902, § 2645) empowering the county commissioners to reject any application for a license, upon finding there already exists, in the town or in the' vicinity of the place for which a license is asked, a sufficient number of licensed places, subject to the right of appeal by the applicant in the same manner as appeals are now taken, is void. The claim is, that the appeal thus provided is in effect the ordinary process for transferring a cause from an inferior to an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Norwalk Street Railway Company's AppealSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Malmo's Appeal From County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- State v. WilcoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
- Smith's Appeal from County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- Batters v. DunningSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Blake v. Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
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